Game apparatus.



Patented May 20, 1913.

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GAME APPARATUS. ArPLIoATIoN FILED AUG. 1s, 1912'.

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GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mayao, 1913.

Application filed August 13, 1912. Serial No. 714,796.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, EINAR L. GEONDAHL,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Seattle, in 'thecounty of King and State of Vashington, have invented a' new andImproved Game Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved gameapparatus arranged to permit two, three or four persons to participatein the gameand to afiord considerable amusement and pastime to theplayers. n

For the purpose mentioned useis made of a game board and counters, thegame board having a central plain field and a series of differentlycolored fields grouped around the said plain center field, .each coloredfield being subdivided into squares, and the squares in each coloredfield being provided with consecutive numbers, the said countersconsisting of sets of counters and an eXtra counter, the sets ofcounters being colored to correspond to the fields, and the countersconsecutively to correspond to the numbers in the field, and the saidextra counter and the said plain center field having correspondingnumbers different from the numbers on the'said sets of counters and thecolored fields.

A practical embodiment of the invent-ion is represented 'in theaccompanying. drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the game board; Fig. 2 is a perspective view.of some of the counters, one for each differently colored field; andFig. 3 is a perspective view of' the extra counter.

A suitablyconstructed game board A, of cardboard, wood or other suitablematerial, is provided on its face with a plain center field B having anumber C marked thereon, preferably the number 23, as shown in Fig. 1.Around the center field B are grouped a number of fields D, D, D2 andD3, differently colored (for instance, red, purple, blue and green), soas to readily distinguish the said fields D, D, D2 and D3 from eachother and from the' center field B. Each of the fields D, D, D2 and D3is subdivided into small squares or similar figures E, and

the squares in each field D, D, D2 and Da are rovided with consecutivenumbers F, say rom 1 to 20, as indicated in Fig. 1. In addition to thegame board A as described, use is made of sets of counters G, G, G2 andG2, one set for each field D, D, D2` and D3, and cach set 'having asmany counters as there are squares E in a field, and each set ofcounters is consecutively numbered corl responding to the numbers F in afield. Furthermore, the sets of counters are colored as shown (red,purple, blue and green), on their faces, corresponding to the colors ofthe fields D, D, D2 and D3. A plain extra counter H is provided bearinga numeral corresponding to the numeral C, that is, as indicated in Fig.3, the numeral 23.

To begin the game, the players arrange themselves opposite theirrespective fields D, D, D2 or D3, and the counters of all the sets ofcounters G, G', G2 and G3, are placed face downward on a table, eachplayer drawing one counter. The player drawing the highest number startsthe game. All the counters of the sets of counters G, G', G2 and G2, aswell as the extra counter H, are placed in a bag or other suitablereceptacle, or are mixed on the table with the faces downward. Theplayer who leads then draws one of the counters,l and if the face ofthis counter is of the same color as the players field then this drawncounter is placed on the field of the player and on the square E thereofbearing the same number, face up. The player now again draws anothercounter, and if the drawn counter is of the lsame color as the playersfield then this second counter is likewise placed in the properposition` on the players field and the player continues until a counteris drawn colored differently from the color of the players field, andthis counter is placed on the correspondingly-colored field and on thesquare having the same numeral. The first player now stops drawing, onwhose field the last counter was place now proceeds in the same manneras the first player. The player who first covers the even numbers of theplayersfield wins the hand, and it counts 20 if two are playing and 10if three and to the score is added the sum total of all the odd numberedsquares of the vother players or playernot covered by counters and theplayerl or four are playing,-

subdivided fields on the corresponding fields. The other players scorethe sum total only of their individual and own even squares not coveredby counters. The player drawing` the eXtra counter H places the same inthe center field B and from his score is deducted the amount 23, and theprivilege of drawing passes to the player seated to the right of theplayer who drew the extra counter. After the hand has been played andthe score set down as described, the counters are again placed face downand mixed, and the player who has the lowest count plays first. Scoresrunning to 100 if two play, and 150 if three play make a good game.

By providing the differently colored and and correspondingly coloredcounters, and laying the game in the manner set forth, highlyinteresting oonditions are continuously developed as none of the playersknows whose turn it will be until a counter is drawn of thecorresponding color. By having the extra hoodoo counter H the interestinthe game is greatly heightened.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new andldesire to secure by Letters Patent:

A game apparatus, comprising a game board and counters, the gaine boardhaving a central plain field and a series of differently colored fieldsgrouped around the said plain center field, each colored field beingsubdivided into squares and the squares in each colored field being'provided with consecutive numbers, the said counters consisting of setsof counters andv an extra counter. the sets of counters having facescolored corresponding to tl'ieiields and the counters ineach set beingnumbered consecutively corresponding to the numbers in the fields, thesaid eXtra counter and the said plain center field having correspondingnumbers different from the numbers on the said sets of counters and thecolored fields.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EINAR L. GRONDAHL.

Witnesses:

HUGO CARLSON, L.- T. WIRsTAD.

